The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-11-19
The Elections Teach us Sever.
al Important Lessons.
New York Herald.

place and that it's head is level. The
common sense of the people has
indicated itself, and they have
made it clear that if this is to be the
pivotal State next year the pivot is
in good condition and will stand the
strain. This is a triumph for law
and order. for reform in politics and
for that kind Of government at
Washington which seeks the great
est good of the greatest number.
Mr.. Thomas c. Platt is reported
to be Mr.. Blaine's New York proxy.
AS such he has had an impressive
experience during the last few days.
The statesman from Maine, who has
vainly sought the confidence of the
people since 1876. discovers to his
regret that 'the machine" is a good
deal like Keely's motor-that is, it
is very promising until it is started,
but in the critical moment, it fails
to mote and the experiment has
to be postponed. He may not
know where the difficulty is, but we
venture to guess that the chief reas-
son for failure is that the populace
have too much brains to be duped.
Mr.. Platt was terribly shaken up
by the decisive results of the cleo
ton, for he has something of Colonel
Sellers temperament and hoped for
better things. He had some reason
for this. His arrangements were per-
feet. He had a large quantity of
dust to throw into peoples eyes as
they neared the polls; as much po-
litical influence as the circumstances
allowed, including the Quarantine
office, to which he chung with the
tenacity of death struggle; fair
sized corruption fund from which to
draw, and all the other apparatus
which skilful tactician knows how
to use when the tide is against him.
When, therefore, he saw the black
Grape on the republican door on
Wednesday morning he was shock
ed. Our reporter visited him, for
the Herald is always fair, and gives
every man an opportunity to pour
his innermost' soul out in it's col
umns, but he was met with a de-
gree of evaporation and acerbity
which is unbecoming in party boss
who is about to attend a funeral
and his own funeral at that.
The republican leaders insisted
ON making the autumn elections a
feeler for the Presidential campaign
They have done it, and are not par
ticularly exhilarated at the result
They saddled the steed and took q
trial trip. They are now being car
ried home in an ambulance, which
fact suggests the calamity which
has befallen them. The Herald
predicted this inevitable disaster
but they rushed headlong to theil
fate. We told them weeks ago thai
the people of this State have hat
their fingers burned in the fire of re
publican bossism and would not b.
likely to try the experiment again
We went so far, however, as to ad
wise our readers to give the CRANE
old party friendly lift and vote TO
Colonel Grant. We had no fears
because we have felt the popula
pulse too many times to be deceived
at this late day. We knew that tn
patient was very sick man, that h
wouldn't live till the morning o
November 9, and whatever littl
luxuries his appitite craved ought Il
be cheerfully provided. The result
has proved that our diagnosis of tn
case was correct.
Now, the important fact to b.
borne in mind is that New Yorl
State is fully prepared to face tn
music next year. The democratic
party is a unit. The attempt t,
split it with tn Nicholl wedge ant
the republican sledge hammer ha
been dead failure. 1t is as tougl
a piece of live oak as that moulded
into the frame of the old Ironsides
and neither Mr.. Platt's trucker,
nor Mr.. Blaine's strategy can produc
the slightest effect 1t represent
clean government, a government o
the people, by the people and for tn
people.
The democratic party stands 70
a policy which embraces the inter
ests of the whole United States. l
waves no bloody shirt, rattles n
palsies, but burries sectional hatre,
out of sight, faces the magnifcen
future Of the Republic, and its ma
tionalism extends from the lakes t
the Gulf and from ocean to ocear
The ten million voters in this coun
try appreciate that fact, and whe
they cast their ballots for the repre-
sentatives of political principles mex
year they will snow under the dem
agogues who want office but car
nothing for the country, and vii
support an administration wbic
regards public office as a publ
trust and recognizes nothing shor
of the welfare Of sixty millions G
citizens.
| These are few of the lesson
which the elections of Tuesday hay